Hey all!! I know I havn’t been the most active person on these groups but I need some help finding a program. I am getting tired of the expense of printing Census forms so I can write in them. I am hoping someone out there knows of a program that can convert PDF files to DOC files so I can type my information instead of writing them by hand. Anything would be fine even if it is a link to some DOC info files. The census and summery’s are great to have in hard copy for reference but my wrist hates writing them I think. The other bit of info I am looking for is the 1901 and 1911 Canadian census for download. I am not always with an internet connection (at sea) but still have time to read it for information. Both me and my wrist thank you all Ryan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.37/1042 - Release Date: 01/10/2007 6:59 PM

Ryan PDF files can be printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader - pretty much the default program. Perhaps it has to do with the source, as documents can be made 'non-printable'. As for converting PDF to doc, Google 'printing PDF files' and you will find a number.... Bill Nicholson Fraser Lake, BC

Try one of these. http://www.softinterface.com/index.htm http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com/ I haven't used either, so I can't make a comment. Jill On 10/3/07, Ryan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all!! > > > > I know I havn't been the most active person on these groups but I need > some > help finding a program. I am getting tired of the expense of printing > Census forms so I can write in them. I am hoping someone out there knows > of > a program that can convert PDF files to DOC files so I can type my > information instead of writing them by hand. Anything would be fine even > if > it is a link to some DOC info files. The census and summery's are great > to > have in hard copy for reference but my wrist hates writing them I think. > > > > The other bit of info I am looking for is the 1901 and 1911 Canadian > census > for download. I am not always with an internet connection (at sea) but > still have time to read it for information. > > > > Both me and my wrist thank you all > > > > Ryan > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.37/1042 - Release Date: > 01/10/2007 > 6:59 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Regards, Jill

Hi, On the first question, the most foolproof method is to purchase a copy of Adobe Acrobat (as opposed to Adobe reader, which is the free version). Unfortunately, because it is an Adobe product, it's fairly expensive. (http://www.adobe.com) The other option could be to create your own document with the same format and then turn it into a .pdf. The license for this is also through Adobe, but you can purchase a license for a month at a time for $9.99. (http://createpdf.adobe.com/) There are other apps that allow you to convert between formats (ex: http://www.pdfonline.com/) but I haven't used them and can't validate how well they would work. Good luck! Tomi -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Thompson Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:17 AM To: Pictou County Roots Web List; [email protected]; [email protected]; Halifax List; Cape Breton Island Rootsweb List; British List; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NS-L] File Support Hey all!! I know I havn't been the most active person on these groups but I need some help finding a program. I am getting tired of the expense of printing Census forms so I can write in them. I am hoping someone out there knows of a program that can convert PDF files to DOC files so I can type my information instead of writing them by hand. Anything would be fine even if it is a link to some DOC info files. The census and summery's are great to have in hard copy for reference but my wrist hates writing them I think. The other bit of info I am looking for is the 1901 and 1911 Canadian census for download. I am not always with an internet connection (at sea) but still have time to read it for information. Both me and my wrist thank you all Ryan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.37/1042 - Release Date: 01/10/2007 6:59 PM ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: [email protected] 2. How to unsubscribe a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- [email protected] that contains only the word unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- [email protected] that contains only the word unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word subscribe to [email protected] 4. How to change to Digest mode a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) b. Subscribe to Digest mode Send an email containing only the word subscribe to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message